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8th Grade Algebra
Chapter 17 Test

I.
Vocabulary
a. The ___________________________ is the line that divides a quadratic function in half.
b. The lowest point of a parabola is known as the _______________________.
c. A __________________ is the u-shaped curve formed when graphing a quadratic function.

II.
Identify the following as quadratic or not quadratic:
a. y = 2x +1 ____________________
b. y = 3x2 + 7x + 2 ____________________
c. y = x3 + x2 + 1 ____________________
d. y = 2 + 7x2 ____________________

III.
For each, please graph the function and list the vertex, minimum or maximum, zeros, and axis of
symmetry. Additionally, please describe the transformation of the function from the parent function,
y = x2.
a. y = 2(x-2)2 + 1
Vertex ______________________



Min/Max_____________________



Zeros ________________________



Axis of symmetry ______________



Transformations:






!

b. f(x) = - (x-3)2 2

Vertex ______________________

Min/Max_____________________

Zeros ________________________

Axis of symmetry ______________

Transformations:

IV.

Write an equation for the quadratic function given the graph. What is the domain of the function? What
is the range of the function?

V.

VI.

Solve the following system algebraically. List each solution POINT (x,y).

y = x2 x 6
y = 2x - 2








Finding the zeros of the following functions algebraically:
a. f(x) = x2 25





b. g(x) = 3x2 x 2

VII.

VIII.

Solve the following quadratic system using the related function method. You must graph!

y = -x2 + 4x 3
y = -x + 1












Word Problems:

a. A tennis ball is dropped from an airplane 500 feet above the ground. The height (in feet) above the
ground is modeled by the function h(t) = -16t2 + 500.
a) What is the height of the tennis ball after 3 seconds?




b) Suppose a person catches the tennis ball when it is 5 feet from the ground. At what time
does the person catch the ball (round your answer to the nearest hundredth)?





b. The height, h of a baseball, in meters at t seconds after it is tossed out of a window is modeled by:
h(t) = -5t2 + 20t + 15. A boy shoots at the baseball with a paintball gun. The trajectory of the paintball
is given by the equation: h(t) = 3t + 3. Will the paintball hit the baseball? If so, when? At what height
will the baseball be?